Washington, DC: The Watermelon House
The exposed side of a row house has been painted to resemble a big pink-and-green slice of watermelon.
- Address:
- 1112 Q St. NW, Washington, DC
- Directions:
- Downtown. From Logan Circle head northeast on Vermont Ave. NW. Make first right onto Q St. NW. Drive 1.5 blocks. You'll see the house on the right. Private home. Visible from street.
- Admission:
- Free
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A hot spot for an Instagram-worthy photo. You may have to wait your turn, but totally worth it. It's the east coast version of the Paul Smith pink wall in Los Angeles.
[Logan, 08/06/2020]
The Watermelon House has an updated paint job, which includes some kiwi slices on a smaller wall toward the back of the property.
[Kurt Deion / kurtshistoricsites.com, 12/13/2018]
The story behind the Watermelon House sounds too good to be true, but who knows? Supposedly the owners hired someone to paint the house red, but instead got a color closer to pink. Turning Pepto-Bismol into lemonade, the owners added some black "seeds" and a green "rind" and turned their pink house into the Watermelon House.
[Mike Washburg, 05/14/2015]Nearby Offbeat Places
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